Shaukat Mahmood (born 29 July 1959; also spelled as Shawkat Mahmud) is a Bangladeshi journalist and politician. For years he has been a journalist community leader and held responsible posts in country's

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. At The 5th National Council of Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 8 December 2009, Shaukat Mahmood became an adviser to the party chairperson

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. Later the party named him as a vice chairman of the 6th council in August 2016.

Early life and education

Mahmood graduated from mass communication and journalism in the Dhaka University in 1980. He was awarded the fellowship of

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Career in journalism

Mahmood's early career in journalism comprises his association as a senior staff reporter with the one of the oldest left-leaning Bengali newspaper ''

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''. He also served as a senior journalist as well as in the panels of editorial of the dailies ''Dinkal'', ''

Amar Desh ''Amar Desh'' ( bn, আমার দেশ) is a defunct daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language since 2004. ''Amar Desh'' provides news about Bangladesh from local and regional perspectives and covers interna ...

'', ''

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'' and ''Matribhumi''. As a journalist Shaukat Mahmood presently serves as editor of ''

Weekly Economic Times ''Weekly Economic Times'' is a weekly newspaper of Bangladesh, is led by Shaukat Mahmood. It was founded by Editor/Publisher Munirul Haq in 1995. Now published in 8-pages, ''Weekly Economic Times'' has its front-page and the last page printed ...

'' and has been an adviser of Channel One, which was shut down by the

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on 27 April 2010. Mahmood was elected as the general secretary of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) along with Ruhul A Gazi, special correspondent of ''

The Daily Sangram ''The Daily Sangram'', also known as ''Dainik Sangram'' ( bn, দৈনিক সংগ্রাম ''Doinik Shônggram'' "Daily Struggle") is a Pro-Jamaat-e-Islami Bengali daily newspaper published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The name of the editor ...

'', elected as the president. In 1990 Mahmood was elected as General Secretary of the National Press Club, Dhaka. He served two consecutive terms as the general secretary. Another two terms of his being GS came in 2002 and he again held the post until 2006. In 2007, Shaukat Mahmood was elected as the president of National Press Club. The tenure ended as he stepped aside from running in the immediate next election in 2011. Mahmood presently serves as the editor of 1995-established ''Weekly Economic Times''. He is also actively serving as an adviser of the ''Weekly Ekhon'' editorial panel.

Politics

Mahmood's official entry into politics took place after the party's December 2008 council named him as an adviser to the

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. * After being appointed as Advisor to the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, the duty was included in the Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the 6th Council after performing this duty. Earlier, from 2012 to 2016, His own, Upazila's Brahmanpura unit of Comilla was the convenor of the BNP..... Upon the appointment, Mahmood actively took part in the grass-root conferences of the party in Khulna,

Jessore Jessore ( bn, যশোর, jôshor, ), officially Jashore, is a city of Jessore District situated in Khulna Division. It is situated in the south-western part of Bangladesh. It is the administrative centre (headquarter) of the eponymous district ...

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and

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. Mahmood was nominated as a vice-chairman of BNP at the 6th party council held in August 2016.

References

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